2014 is almost over, what have you done with your life?

Am very worried about our young African men these days. To learn a skill is a challenge.

Oh how I wish our young African men can just humble themselves and get stuck into the jobs they have been employed to do. It’s becoming epileptic seeing young men go into jobs and with the notion that they know more than the owner of the business and are better then them.

There is this craze that the owner of the business or vision has to overly respect them due to their age or qualifications. They sway into work feeling cool and expecting the owner of the business not to challenge them for coming in late, because they saved the company money a month ago. When it comes to sharing ideas in a meeting they feel like they know it all, and put other down.

Pride its all vanity and downfall. It’s becoming disturbing when a boss corrects an employee, and the employee goes around saying his idea was right anyway. And continues doing it his way, and when he gets fired blames the company and the society. Failing to see his faults.

The most worrying trend is that, they no longer have patience for the success of any venture. They key into a vision and constantly keep looking in and out, to see what’s in it for them? As soon as there is an opportunity to get something, they grab it and expect the owner of the business to be lenient with them if caught.

Am very worried about our young African men of these days. To learn a skill is a challenge. I understand that in Africa, the level of unemployment is high. This being the case, when you have a chance of aligning yourself with a project, gives it your best and stick with it. Jumping from pillar to post and trying everything and achieving nothing is madness.

Every year they keep saying, “This is going to be my year”, but it just never seems to come. Young men, there are some basic ethics a man must go through to keep a job. Loyalty, Commitment, Endurance and effectiveness are key. When you show these characters, you are 100% bound for greatness.

2014 is almost over, what have you done with your life?

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